Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has little room to turn away any government willing to lend a hand in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes.

Washington is tying itself closely to a government that faces public anger over its response to devastating earthquakes

The disaster is exposing how little the fragile U.S.-backed state has changed since Nicolás Maduro was removed from power.

President Trump says Venezuela, under U.S. oversight, has “never made the money” it is making now. But new oil revenue isn’t helping ordinary Venezuelans, and anger seems to be mounting.

The most powerful earthquake in a century strikes a country with an acting president and strained basic services

The latest news and top stories on Delcy Rodriguez, the interim president of Venezuela. Following the abduction of leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a US military operation on January 3, 2026, Rodriguez was sworn in as the country’s leader to ensure administrative continuity.

The Venezuelan leader, who is a devotee of Sathya Sai Baba, is in India as the two countries aim to boost energy ties.

Preliminary satellite assessments by NASA indicate that nearly 59,000 buildings may have been damaged or destroyed in the disaster.